Corrupt people have devastated black communities by stealing from infrastructure projects in villages and townships. Roads are collapsing because there is no money.
The president is skirting the main part of his job description, which is to reform, restructure and repurpose the public service, especially municipalities. To do that he’d need to replace a lot of crooks in his cabinet, which is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Till then, the promises about investing in roads will remain, well, promises.